﻿using Nop.Core.Domain.Topics;
using Nop.Web.Areas.Admin.Models.Topics;

namespace Nop.Web.Areas.Admin.Factories;

/// <summary>
/// Represents the topic model factory
/// </summary>
public partial interface ITopicModelFactory
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Prepare topic search model
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="searchModel">Topic search model</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// A task that represents the asynchronous operation
    /// The task result contains the topic search model
    /// </returns>
    Task<TopicSearchModel> PrepareTopicSearchModelAsync(TopicSearchModel searchModel);

    /// <summary>
    /// Prepare paged topic list model
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="searchModel">Topic search model</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// A task that represents the asynchronous operation
    /// The task result contains the topic list model
    /// </returns>
    Task<TopicListModel> PrepareTopicListModelAsync(TopicSearchModel searchModel);

    /// <summary>
    /// Prepare topic model
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="model">Topic model</param>
    /// <param name="topic">Topic</param>
    /// <param name="excludeProperties">Whether to exclude populating of some properties of model</param>
    /// <returns>
    /// A task that represents the asynchronous operation
    /// The task result contains the topic model
    /// </returns>
    Task<TopicModel> PrepareTopicModelAsync(TopicModel model, Topic topic, bool excludeProperties = false);
}